The Malian army said Saturday that several northern towns, including Gao and Sévaré, were targeted by rebels. The statement came as a rebel group announced a new offensive to capture a town in the country’s north. Andrew Lebovich, a research fellow at Clingendael’s Conflict Research Unit, said some of the …

Jihadists and their separatist Tuareg allies hit Mali with fresh coordinated attacks Saturday, striking multiple towns and a prison just months after hobbling the country’s military junta with a similar wave of assaults. FRANCE 24’s Philip Turle explains.

The Malian army said Saturday that several northern towns, including Gao and Sévaré, were targeted by rebels. The statement came as a rebel group announced a new offensive to capture a northern town. Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, a spokesperson for ​the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), said in a Facebook post that …

Une défaite héroïque mais un sentiment de « victoire »: les supporters du Cap-Vert ont célébré leur équipe de football tôt samedi matin, malgré la défaite après prolongation des Requins bleus contre les champions du monde argentins (3-2), en seizième de finale du Mondial.

Wassim Nasr décrypte la situation.

🇲🇱 Au Mali, plusieurs attaques coordonnées ont été menées ce samedi par des jihadistes du Jnim et des rebelles du Front de libération de l’Azawad. Les assauts ont visé les localités de Gao, Anéfis, Aguelhoc (nord), Sévaré (centre), ainsi que la prison de Kéniéroba, située à environ 70 kilomètres de …

Insurgents in ​Mali staged attacks in at least five locations ‌early ⁠on ‌Saturday, including at a prison in Kenieroba, according to an army statement. The fighting comes more than two months after the country’s defence minister was killed. 

Serge Daniel, notre correspondant régional, est en direct.

De nouvelles attaques coordonnées sont en cours au Mali, menées par des jihadistes et leurs alliés indépendantistes touareg, dans les localités de Gao, Anefis, Aguelhoc (nord), Sévaré (centre) et contre la prison de Kéniéroba à 70 kilomètres de la capitale, selon l’armée, des sources sécuritaires et civiles. 

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